#31-60, Quiz Bowl; Quiz Questions

City considered holy to the Christians, Muslims, and Jewish people:

Law that forbade English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains:

Religion created by Mohammed:

Boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that became the dividing line between the Union and Confederacy:

Area that rises at least 2,000 feet above the surrounding land:

This crop was referred to sometimes as the gold of Virginia:

Type of government that lets the citizens have power through elected officials:

Allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine to enter as a free state:

The wearing away of land caused by water, wind, and ice:

Country that gave aid to Americans during the American Revolution:

Resource that cannot be replaced once it's used:

River system that moves more water than any other:

Branch of government that enforces the laws:

First African American Supreme Court justice:

Two people that explored the LA Territory for Thomas Jefferson:

Invented the cotton gin:

First permanent English settlement in America:

President responsible for the LA Purchase:

MS's state land mammal:

System that allowed African Americans to farm someone else's land and receive a portion of the crop:

Members of Congress from the south and west who called for war with Britain prior to 1812:

Most densely populated continent:

Name of the organization of countries established in 1945 that works for peace and cooperation around the world:

Time period following the Civil War:

City known as the "Cotton capital of the world":

Mississippian that became a popular talk show host on TV:

Monarch of Great Britain during the American Revolution:

MS is the world's largest producer of:

Natural resource that has supported the economic development in the Middle East:

The U.S.'s first Constitution was called the: